Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074, USA
Abstract:
Using the wave functions of the relativistic equivalent harmonic oscillator recently proposed, elastic electron scattering cross sections have been calculated in the Born approximation for helium and lead. Calculations have also been made with the non-relativistic isotropie oscillator wave functions. Comparison with high-energy electron scattering experiments shows that relativistic effects may be significant in a heavy nucleus like lead.